Eudora has a "Styled Text" option, which makes messages available in HTML format within the body of a message. When posting a message to a mailing list, you can click on the button on the far right of each individual message's tool bar to "Clear Formatting." You can also set up the options to either send plain text or styled text or both.
- Click on Tools: Options
- Scroll down to and click on Styled Text Category
- Check these 3 boxes:
- Show formatting toolbar - If this is on, the formatting toolbar displays by default in new message windows. If this is off, the formatting toolbar is hidden by default in new message windows. This toolbar lets you easily format text styles in new messages.
- Send plain text only
- Ask me each time - If this is on, you are warned when you try to send or queue a message with text styles. And you are given the option to send a plain text version, an HTML version, or both in a single message.
You can have Eudora turn off MIME encoding when sending messages that contain special characters.
Eudora automatically uses quoted-printable (MIME) encoding if your mail contains special characters. Eudora also uses quoted-printable encoding for attached plain text files. If your recipients don't have MIME, then just turn off the QP button in the message icon bar when you are sending text files to those recipients.
Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.
Last modified:
May 24, 2007